2014 Plain English Awards winners and finalists
Congratulations to the winners and finalists in the 2014 WriteMark Plain English Awards!
Click on the winners' and finalists' names to view their media statements and the judges' comments.
Plain English Champion — Best Organisation
Plain English Champion — Best Individual or Team
Winner: Ministry of Social Development — Sarah Moodie
Finalist: Inland Revenue — Lindsay Botham
Finalist: StudyLink — StudyLink Service Support Team
Best Plain English Document — Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)
Winner: The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand — Get Ahead Skills: My Planning My Preparation: Workbook
Finalist: NZ On Air — Statement of Intent 2014–2018
Finalist: Commerce Commission — Know your rights as a consumer brochure
Best Plain English Document — Private Sector
Winner: Skills Active Aotearoa — Information Sheets
Finalist: Mercer (NZ) Limited — Annual Member Benefit Statement
Finalist: Woods Creative Limited — PowerSmart DLE brochure and owner’s manual
Best Plain English Website — Public Sector / Non-Government Organisation (NGO)
Winner: Careers New Zealand — www.careers.govt.nz
Finalist: Commerce Commission — construction.comcom.govt.nz
Finalist: Ministry of Education — www.parents.education.govt.nz
Best Plain English Website — Private Sector
Winner: Woods Creative Limited — www.powersmartsolar.co.nz
Finalist: WooHoo NZ Tax Refunds — www.nztaxrefunds.co.nz
Finalist: Mercer (NZ) Limited — www.mercerkiwisaverscheme.co.nz
Best Plain English Sentence Transformation
Winner: Statistics New Zealand — Lesley Hanes
Finalist: Xero — Ros Black
Finalist: Internal Affairs — Nathan Wall
Best Plain English Technical Communicator
Winner: Janet Green, Risk and Assurance team, Ministry of Social Development
Finalist: Kylie McGrath, Xero
Finalists (tie): Laura Southgate and Ros Black, Xero
Best Plain English Annual Report
Winner: Mercer (NZ) Limited — Annual Report
Finalist: Beef + Lamb New Zealand — Annual Report 2012–2013
Best Plain English Turnaround
Winner: MAS — MAS House and Contents Insurance
Finalist: MAS — MAS Motor Vehicle Insurance
Finalist: Spark New Zealand — Call Minder
People's Choice — Best Plain English Communication
Winner: Legal Beagle — www.legalbeagle.co.nz
People's Choice — Worst 'Brainstrain' Communication
Winner: Air New Zealand — Important Notices
Finalist: Earthquake Commission — Email about a simple repair job that hadn’t been sorted after 3 years (and 3 months)
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